The CPI confirms the state of famine in five areas of Sudan and forecasts another five by May 2025

The agency estimates that 680,000 people are already in a state of “food catastrophe” throughout the country MADRID Dec. 24. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) confirmed this Tuesday that five areas of Sudan are already in a situation of famine and that another five are about to suffer the same fate no more. afternoon of May 2025 thanks to the devastating armed conflict that has been shaking the African country since April of last year.

Famine is declared in an area when 20 percent of households face extreme food shortages, 30 percent of children suffer from acute malnutrition, and the daily mortality rate exceeds two deaths per 10,000 people. , or four per 10,000 children under five years of age.

The famine confirmed in August of this year in the Zamzam refugee camp, in the state of North Darfur, has since been added to the Al Salam and Abu Shuk camps, as well as the Nuba Mountains. Between December 2024 and May 2025, the famine is expected to spread to more locations in North Darfur, including Um Kadadah, Melit, El Fasher (the state capital), At Tawisha and Al Lait.

In addition, there is a risk of famine in the Central Nuba Mountains (including the towns of Delami, Western Kadugli, Um Durein and Al Buram) and in areas likely to experience a large influx of internally displaced persons in North and South Darfur, including including Tawila, Nyala Janoub, Nyala Shimal, Beliel, Shataya, As Sunta, Buram and Kas in South Darfur, as well as Medani Al Kubra and Sharg Gezira in the state of Gezira; Mayo and Alingaz in Jebel-Awilia, Khartoum State; and Al Firdus in East Darfur state.

The IPC recalls that more than half of Sudan’s population, 24.6 million people, are experiencing high levels of food insecurity — and some 680,000 are in alert 5, the highest, “catastrophe” situation — due to a conflict between the Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that has reactivated historical intercommunity rivalries in the west of the country.

The direct consequences: unprecedented mass displacements, a collapsed economy, the extinction of essential social services, the collapse of the social structure and the absence of access to humanitarian aid.